My sides hurt!

[lonote]

In the 90's, Bass Player magazine would occasionally have articles / updates about a New York City street musician and his troubles getting a street entertainer's license and being "harassed" by the police. He played a TrebleBass through an amp powered by a car battery. Gee, I can't see why he'd catch any flack.

 

[werbo1]

It's even worse in halftime

 

[slapcracklepop]

So it seems he uses the same furious progressive technique on his typewriter as on his instrument.

lol

 

[lpdeluxe]

...I have sent a link to every bass player I know!

Now, nobody returns my phone calls.

 

[Mach1FT]

Hahahah !! Omg, every night around 10:30 my cat does that same exact routine on a pillow

 

[DaveCustomMade]

That was brutal. It was like getting beaten with a bag of oranges.

 

[NecroticImbecil]

That was awesome. Boy gots mad skillz. What's with the bashing?

Sure, his bass needs a spalted burl precambrian redwood top for it to be considered a serious instrument, but he's an innovative genius who refuses to be shackled by out moded thinking. Props to him, Mad Props indeed.

 

[TheJimster]

I have figured out what the name of that piece is called:

The Musical Trash Can

 

[elwood]

Hahahah !! Omg, every night around 10:30 my cat does that same exact routine on a pillow

Hahahahahaha!

 

[john turner]

Back in 1992, after six years of playing, it was the time in which I took the bass seriously and became obsessed with practicing and gathering all the knowledge about the instrument I could. Then I bought the Guitar Buyer's Guide just for drooling on all the beauties listed there. At the end of the mag there was a list of all the manufacturers included and I underlined all those ones that only offered basses (or guitars on a very low scale) like Alembic, Zon... and the Santucci TrebleBass was there. Since it was the only instrument offered by that manufacturer (no pics included) I thought "OK. Seems to be a bass" and went into my list. I wrote all of them (no e-mail back then) asking for further information and Santucci gave me a really bad impression, which is confirmed after 14 years. Just for a comparison, check the reply sent by Alembic and the one sent by Santucci:

best i know, it is just him at the company, and he's an intalian immigrant, so his english m ay not be that great. you got a response that seemed very respectful. i don't see why that should give a bad impression.

the dude can't play that thing very well, but he tries very hard and has been for a long time. as far as touch instruments go, i don't think the instrument is a bad one - i've heard some folks play those same instruments who knew what they were doing and it sounded fine.

i find it odd that someone who is not a natural english speaker would insult another non-natural english speaker's grammar.

 

[Triclops]

if only my girlfriend would replay the whole thing on my genitals...

 

[Brad Johnson]

if only my girlfriend would replay the whole thing on my genitals...

There are certainly less painful ways to get neutered if that is your intent.

I found the piece "interesting". Not yours, the clip.

 

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

best i know, it is just him at the company, and he's an intalian immigrant, so his english m ay not be that great. you got a response that seemed very respectful. i don't see why that should give a bad impression.

the dude can't play that thing very well, but he tries very hard and has been for a long time. as far as touch instruments go, i don't think the instrument is a bad one - i've heard some folks play those same instruments who knew what they were doing and it sounded fine.

i find it odd that someone who is not a natural english speaker would insult another non-natural english speaker's grammar.

Oh, of course he was very respectful! And I'm not insulting his grammar by any means (sorry if that was your impression, Mr. Turner). What I didn't like was just that the letter didn't seem sent by a serious, established company like Alembic, but by a man alone in a room in the middle of NYC seated at an old typewriter. Not convincing to me.

 

[lump]

My son (16): "What key is that in?"

My daughter (18): "All of them."

 

[musicman5string]

Thanks for posting that clip of Victor Wooten.

 

[The Owl]

He'll be touring with King Crimson this fall.

Or maybe, King Crimson will generously pay him NOT to tour with them, or anyone else

And who'd thought it, Larry David in an alternate universe, BIZARRO LARRY!

 

[werbo1]

Or maybe, King Crimson will generously pay him NOT to tour with them, or anyone else

And who'd thought it, Larry David in an alternate universe, BIZARRO LARRY!

LMAO...Bizarro World!

 

[FaithNoMan]

The soundtrack of chasing down baby bunnies and smashing them with a hammer, or possibly cannibals eating puppies.
The guy is cheating! He has his 4 string of bass and 6 string of guitar mounted on a stand of some kind! No Fair!

I hope you know that I almost fell out of my chair after reading that one.....

 

[Mach1FT]

LOL!!
I love the way he's looking at the neck as if not to miss a note.. what a tard

 

[detracti]

We had a gig one night, where there was another band playing, and the guy had a Megatar:

http://www.megatar.com/english/home.html

It was just so freakin' overpowering over the drums and regular guitar... he had it turned up so loud. Not only that, but I remember he was wearing a "headset" mic, and had so many cables running off of him that he looked like an astronaut.